This boutique winery carries on a winemaking tradition that goes back over a century. The diVittorio family brought their methods with them when they immigrated to America in 1904, and after more than a hundred years, they’ve stayed true to those roots. The commercial operation opened in 2011, but the philosophy behind it is anything but new.

You’ll find them crafting fine red wines, fruit wines, and ports using El Dorado County fruit. What sets them apart is their small on-site still, which produces the distillate that becomes both their port wines and their soon-to-arrive California Calvados. The whole aging process takes patience—wines and brandy spend at least two years in oak barrels stored in the stable cave environment before they’re bottled. That kind of commitment shows in the competition results: their wines and ports have picked up gold, silver, and bronze medals at state, county, and out-of-town competitions.

The winery itself sits on a residential property in Camino, but the actual tasting room is at the Camino Wine Plaza, which makes it easier to access without feeling like you’re driving through someone’s backyard. The Sierra Foothills location gives you that quiet hillside setting without being too remote. If you’re exploring the El Dorado wine region, this place offers something different from the bigger operations—you get to taste wines made with genuinely old-school methods, not just marketed that way.

The portfolio skews toward the styles that benefit from real aging time, so if you prefer lighter, fresher wines, you might want to sample a few before committing to a bottle. Check their website for current tasting room hours before you head out, since they don’t operate seven days a week.